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The Basics of Cloud Infrastructure Management

Cloud Infrastructure Management is the most efficient way to manage your IT resources in a flexible and decentralized way. This type of IT infrastructure provides the scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness required to meet the dynamic demands of organizations of all sizes. Because of this, many business in today's work environment opt for this model.

Why monitoring server estates from a single pane of glass is key

The last few years have seen a big change in the size, make-up, and nature of database estates. Data is growing both in volume and complexity, it is now normal to have workloads as well as data in multiple public clouds, and organizations are increasingly using different kinds of databases for different use cases.

What is Graphite?

What is Graphite? Simply put, Graphite is an open-source enterprise-ready time-series database. So what is a time-series database? Well, a time series is a series of data points indexed (or listed or graphed) in time order. Time Series databases have excellent benefits over traditional databases in terms of high performance, higher writes, improved scalability, better reliability, and many more.

Looking Beyond Atlassian StatusPage: The 5 Best Alternatives

Status Pages are crucial cogs in your Incident Communication process, they serve as vital channels to keep your stakeholders informed during periods of downtime. Although there are many proficient tools in the market, such as Atlassian Status Page and Status.io, these standalone Status Pages can come with a hefty price tag, with various pricing plans and tiers for both Public and Private Status Pages. Moreover, with Atlassian Cloud’s recent issues, its dependability is in question.

SysAdmin Day 2023: Honoring the unsung heroes of technology

On this SysAdmin Appreciation Day, we pause to honor the remarkable individuals who work behind the scenes and whose efforts power every problem solved, every seamless connection, and every technological success. They are the sysadmins—the unsung heroes deserving our heartfelt gratitude. Today, we express our gratitude to the masters of multi-tasking, the conquerors of crashes, and the champions of security—the beloved sysadmins! Your unwavering commitment to excellence inspires us all.

Build vs buy: Choosing the right CI/CD solution for your team

Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) has become an essential part of modern software development, allowing teams to deliver high-quality code at a faster pace. Teams can either build or buy their CI/CD system. In this blog post, we will compare both options - exploring the advantages and disadvantages of each - and why CircleCI may be the better choice.

Mattermost-JumpCloud Integration: A Step-by-Step Guide to SAML Authentication

Are you a Mattermost administrator looking to integrate JumpCloud as your SAML provider? Navigating this process can seem daunting, but not to worry: We've got you covered. This detailed, step-by-step guide (just under 9 minutes) will walk you through the intricacies of configuring JumpCloud as a SAML provider for Mattermost. This tutorial was created to simplify the process and ensure your success in the integration. We've identified and addressed the common challenges that many Mattermost admins face with JumpCloud-SAML integration.